Fisher Fire
The Fisher Fire was reported on July 1, 2024 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 8,130 acres. It was declared out on September 26, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,130 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped October 4, 2024 at 11:11 AM MDT, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 33.874, -107.553.
The incident
- Size
- 8,130 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2024 at 6:25 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 6, 2024 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 24 miles SW of Magdalena, NM
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMCIF-000275
- IRWIN identifier
- 1ADC6F23-ABE9-435A-9875-B3D9E97ABFE1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Magdalena, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Magdalena, NM24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM38 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM40 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM54 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM54 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM68 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 4, 2024 at 11:11 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-NMCIF-000275.